Changes to CTT Rules and Regs

Hi all.

I’ve had a message from the general secretary of the CTT (Scotland District) asking me to respond to a number of proposals for changes to the rules and regs of the CTT both at Scotland district and national level.

Timescales are short– they’ve requested a reply by Friday of this week, and according to our own constitution, I’m not able to add this as an official agenda item to the upcoming SGM this Thursday, as it would give you, the membership, fewer than 6 days’ notice.

However, given I think it’s crucial that you have your voice heard as members of the Ivy, I propose to have a separate discussion (following the closure of the SGM) to agree the position of the Ivy on the matters in question (see below for further info on same).

I will then communicate the agreed position of the Ivy membership to the CTT district committee, hopefully in person by attending their AGM.

To facilitate the conversation on Thursday, I would appreciate if you could take a few minutes to familiarise the content of the proposals below.

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PROPOSED CHANGES TO CTT NATIONAL CONSTITUTION:

A - By South DC

Subscriptions and Fees

Article 7 (page 57)

By special resolution

Delete the existing Article 7.1 and substitute with:

“The annual subscription payable by each affiliated club shall be dependent upon

whether such club is a “Premier Club” or a “Standard Club” (as defined below):

A Premier Club is defined as one that organises its own events (either/or Type A or

B) and which has paid race levies to CTT in the previous calendar year. In order to

qualify as Premier Club, the club must have sent levies to its CTT District Treasurer

(or through the online entry system) of at least £100. If this condition applies, then

a zero-affiliation fee is activated, and the club will be automatically affiliated to CTT

for the following year.

A Standard Club will be one which has sent levies to CTT of nil or less than £100

during the previous calendar year. In which case an affiliation fee of £100 is payable

from 1st October each year to cover the next 12 months of membership. Such

subscription shall be paid either to the district treasurer of the district council through

which the club is affiliated or directly to the national treasurer should the club affiliate

online via the CTT website.

The annual fee applicable to members of the Headquarter’s Club shall be fixed in

accordance with Article 6.2.”

Delete Article 7.2 in its entity.

In Article 7.3, first line, delete the words “subscriptions and advertising fees” and

substitute with “subscription”. Delete the last sentence “An affiliated club may change

its status…period remaining of that year”.

In Regulation 16 (page 342) delete the third paragraph beginning “No competitor may

carry advertising…” and ending “(b) when competing in club events.” and substitute

with:

“A competitor must not compete in clothing of a trade team that is/has been registered

with the UCI unless he is (a) a member of that team; or (b) when competing in club

events”.

Explanation: So as to recognise and encourage active participation in the organisational

B - By West DC

1. District council meetings

Article 26.2(b) (page 63)

By special resolution

Add to the end of the current sentence:

“…and may mandate how the district delegates must vote at such National Council

meeting.”

So it reads:

“Each District Council shall:

(b) meet prior to any National Council meeting to consider the agenda, and may

mandate how the district delegates must vote at such National Council meeting.”

Explanation: The proposal considers the democratic process within CTT, and in particular

the route through which riders’ views are represented at National Council. This proposal,

if passed, makes it explicit that at the District Council meeting, the clubs’ delegates may

(i.e. do not have to, but have the power to) mandate how that district’s delegates vote at

National Council. This does no more than to take into CTT’s articles, how most districts

have taken the system to work in the past.

C - By South DC

Entry to Events

Regulation 11(a) (page 340)

Delete the first paragraph of sub-paragraph 11(a) and substitute with:

“Type A events: A competitor can enter an event up to a maximum of four weeks

in advance of the date of the event by using the appropriate entry form (see Note

1) together with the correct entry fee. Any omission or inaccuracy may constitute

a breach of Regulations. This does not apply to RTTC National Championships in

respect of which different rules apply.”

Explanation: Some riders block enter races months ahead and then lose interest, suffer

long term illness or injury, or other things crop up which take precedence. Limiting the time

in advance of an event that riders can enter will ensure their interest is relatively current

and lessen the chance of them not starting (ie going DNS), thereby freeing up spaces for

other competitors.

PROPOSED CHANGES TO CTT SCOTLAND DISTRICTCONSTITUTION:

A - Item 1 Re Election of the Committee

Your current committee is made up as follows:

Chairman George Skinner Royal Albert CC

Secretary Bill McMillan Glasgow United

Treasurer Catherine McLafferty Dooleys Cycles

Depty Sec Linda Smith Velopreda

Geoff Smith Velopreda

Jim Smith Glasgow Nightingale

Bill McDonald Ecosse Performance Cycling Coaching

Ian Archibald Johnstone Wheelers

Any Clubs who would like to nominate someone to the committee can do so at the AGM. The Committee meet a minimum of 4 times per year. Because the committee meet in Paisley it is understandable that many of the clubs would find it impossible to attend an evening meeting but new members would be very welcome.

B - Proposal by District Timekeepers.

PROPOSAL

(a) That all promoting clubs will contact the District Timekeepers Rep (Jim Smith) before the end of January to allow him to plan which timekeeper(s) will be attending their event(s) that season.

(b) If required by the District Timekeepers Rep, all promoting clubs will make available a start timekeeper and a laptop finish recorder for their event.

Background

For the last number of seasons there has been a shortage of timekeepers. This has now reached crises point and there is a distinct possibility that the current timekeepers rota may not be able to cover the increased number of events on the calendar.

As things currently stand each event has two experienced/qualified timekeepers in attendance as well as an experienced laptop/finish recorder. This is not really necessary as the duty of start timekeeper could be carried out by a volunteer from within the promoting club. No qualification or timekeeping experience would be necessary and stopwatches could be provided with assistance/training given where needed. This would mean that the workload on our timekeepers would effectively be cut in half. It would also have the knock-on effect of cutting the clubs financial outlay as it would mean one less set of timekeepers expenses being required from the event budget.

Looking forward we also feel that the days of ‘paper and pencil’ recording should be brought to an end and that computerised recording – via laptop- should become standard practice. For this reason the promoting club should, if required, make available a volunteer from within the club to carry out this duty. We currently have Excel software available for this and we can provide the training required to use it.

C - Proposal by Velopreda Geoff Smith

PROPOSAL-

That all CTT Scotland Championships are 'Open' and that the title and honour of "CTT Scotland Champion" will go to the fastest rider over the distance regardless of age, gender, or District affiliation.

Awards for categories such as 'Ladies' 'Junior' 'Espoir' etc will still be awarded but will be restricted on the basis of category only . Winning of a category award will not exclude a rider from winning the Championship overall.

BACKGROUND-

For the second year running there was confusion, upset and a general sense of unfairness at the outcome of the Scottish Cycling Hillclimb Championship- the fastest rider on the day was deemed ineligible on account of being a junior (aged 16)

The CTT Scotland Hillclimb Championship was not much better- two out of the top four riders were deemed ineligible on the basis of their club affiliation.

As things currently stand with CTT Scotland a Scotsman, born bred and living in Scotland but registered to an English CTT club is not eligibile whereas an Englishman registered to a Scottish CTT club is .

The current situation also means that John Archibald should be stripped of his 2018 25TT Championship title and his name removed from the trophy on account of him being registered to an English team.

We feel that there is absolutely no need for any of these daft eligibilty criteria and that a simple rule of 'if you are in it then you can win it' would be much more sensible.

The question of District club affiliation should be left until CTT establishes itself in other areas of Scotland and we are able to split into smaller Districts

Scottish Time Trialists deserve much better than the current situation when it comes to National Championships .

The alternative position is that a Scottish Championship Promoted by CTT should only be open to riders from clubs that are affiliated to CTT Scotland District

D - Proposal by District Committee

Proposal

Add an extra levy of £1 to all events in the “Super Series” and to all type “A” 10, 25 and 50 Mile TTs to support an overall prize list for the Super Series and for the new Scotland Short Distance BAR.

Background

Sponsorship is a very welcome addition to any competition but as any organiser will attest it is not something that can be relied on from one year to the next. Creating an overall prize list for the Super Series and the New Scottish BAR from a small extra levy which can only be used for these purposes makes the survival of these competitions independent of any sponsorship deal that might be agreed from time to time

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The above wording has been copied directly as excerpts from the documents sent to me – I’m happy to supply the full documents to any members seeking some quality bedtime reading.

Hope to see you all on Thursday.

Best regards.

Paul McLafferty.